CGU Car Insurance

I was placed with CGU from Police Credit when I took out my car loan.

The length to resolve not a fault claims is ridiculous,broken promises incorrect information and no follow up at all along with a assessing team that is useless and never available to both the customer and apparently the claims call center as they always tell you, I've tried calling I left a message with the assessors etc.

Assessors I believed are out an outsourced agency from CGU and take forever to review and approve claims. I was told this process takes 2 to 3 busine...Read more

** Don't bother to contact them through Facebook as requested - there is no outcome from doing that. **

Bureaucratic, argumentative & unpleasant to deal with - and I am just trying to get a list of the claims I have made so I can get quotes from other companies.

I had the same problem last year and ended up staying with them just because I couldn't get the information I needed in time. Surely this is illegal.

Update: I eventually got the information I needed - in just a couple of minutes - on the 5th phone call. Why were the other 4 people...Read more

I am comprehensively insured with CGU. I had an accident where the other driver was at fault. Communication is absolutely terrible. You speak with offshore human robots in Manila that don’t waver from their script. Anything they can’t handle is referred to assessors that don’t make contact with you as promised. I have been waiting 2 months for repairs. Be warned, CGU is part of Insurance Australia Group which includes SGIO, SGIC and Swann Insurance amongst others. I got on to CGU when I was police officer through Police Credit in Victoria (now...Read more

I made a claim after being involved in a collision. Imagine my horror when told less than 24 hours later by my "case manager" that they DON'T investigate and only go on the statements. As I said my INTENTION was to merge, the person who's supposedly supposed to work for me deemed me to be at fault. I hadn't changed lanes, the person on the phone who I initially contacted had written it up as I had, the email that I received said that I had, when I queried that and asked it to be changed, nothing was done. 85 days later when I ring to find out w...Read more

we were with CGU for over ten years. we have never make a claim until recently i had a car accident and i was my fault. CGU was quick at getting my car fixed but did not deal with the third party insurer properly. I was told by the third party insurer that CGU did not even respond to her emails and phone messages. Eventually I received a letter from the third party insurer that i must respond within 7 days otherwise they will take legal action against me. Cant understand why they are not doing the work when all information have been given.

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Having been with CGU for years we will be looking elsewhere to cover insurance for all our family and business vehicles. I'm in the middle of a vehicle claim that has been ongoing since October and am appalled at the repeated communication failures that continue to this very minute. From the telephone system being in a state of disrepair and not up to the task (almost guaranteed to get cut off during a transfer then told repeatedly that it is a 'hot transfer' issue that has been going on for months) ..... to the photographs of my car being sent...Read more

We decided to use cgu after getting a small discount through our bupa insurance. Unfortunately my husband was involved in a accident and our car came off worse. First thing i did once we did the police report was ring cgu. The first lady was helpful and polite and after taking details let me know that the claims officer would be in touch with in 1 business day. They were. They explained that it would be 2 to 3 business days for the assessor to be in touch. After that i got a email disputing the claim from the other driver. So i rung cgu and sai...Read more

Caveat: HBF and CGU is purely the same. CGU is the insurer for HBF. HBF quote was $2/month more expensive although I got a 5% discount from them due to home insurance :-) PDS, which I read from and to, is 1 to 1 among those. HBF, by the way, when did copy/paste lost some statements' endings :-D
Tried to apply via the CGU Website. For my brand new Tiguan Wolfsburg Edition 2018 + extras the maximum they offered in agreed value was ~$59K when I was paying $65K. The thing is, the car actually MY19 but was manufactured in Dec 2018. In REGO it's 201...Read more

Would not recommend Cgu as a Insurance company.

My claim has been going for a month I am not closer to finding out if my car will be a write off or repaired the car was towed 3 weeks ago to a repairer after numerous phone calls of cgu wanting me to drive the car without tail lights and a front and back windscreen.

The repairer they towed it to apparently cannot assess hail damage so was advised the car will be towed to a hail cente 50 mins away.

Car has been there 5 days and has still not been assessed.

They cannot tell me where my car is how it was kept if has further water damage from being left in the rain.
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After 3 years with CGU (as underwriter for Bendigo Bank Insurance), with no claims (ever!), I was surprised when my annual premium increased by 20%. When they were phoned I was given the usual, pre drafted, spiel about the cost of repairs increasing, I am getting older (a major insult - I am 63 and still working), the car getting older (4 year old Mercedes), the area I live in being high risk (I haven't moved) and the fact it is financed (no it isn't - but why should that matter?). One phone call to one insurance company and CGU's premium was a...Read more